diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
index 5f6cbec847fc99..779f3e62ec9005 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
@@ -142,9 +142,15 @@ finish_ftrace() {
 
 check_requires() { # Check required files and tracers
     for i in "$@" ; do
+	p=${i%:program}
         r=${i%:README}
         t=${i%:tracer}
-        if [ $t != $i ]; then
+	if [ $p != $i ]; then
+	    if ! which $p ; then
+                echo "Required program $p is not found."
+                exit_unresolved
+	    fi
+        elif [ $t != $i ]; then
             if ! grep -wq $t available_tracers ; then
                 echo "Required tracer $t is not configured."
                 exit_unsupported
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc
index 41119e0440e960..04c5dd7d0acc4b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test field variable support
-# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ping:program
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
index 9098f1e7433fd0..f7447d800899ac 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event combined histogram trigger
-# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ping:program
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onchange-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onchange-action-hist.tc
index adaabb873ed4ab..91339c1308324b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onchange-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onchange-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger onchange action
-# requires: set_event "onchange(var)":README
+# requires: set_event "onchange(var)":README ping:program
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc
index 20e39471052e9a..d645abcf11c4f7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger onmatch action
-# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ping:program
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc
index f4b03ab7c28714..c369247efb3501 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger onmatch-onmax action
-# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ping:program
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc
index 71c9b5911c7067..e28dc5f11b2be0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger onmax action
-# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist ping:program
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-snapshot-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-snapshot-action-hist.tc
index 67fa328b830f5f..147967e86584ac 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-snapshot-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-snapshot-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger snapshot action
-# requires: set_event snapshot events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist "onchange(var)":README "snapshot()":README
+# requires: set_event snapshot events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist "onchange(var)":README "snapshot()":README ping:program
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-dynstring.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-dynstring.tc
index 3d65c856eca3e6..213d890ed1886e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-dynstring.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-event-dynstring.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger trace action with dynamic string param
-# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_exec/hist "char name[]' >> synthetic_events":README
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_exec/hist "char name[]' >> synthetic_events":README ping:program
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-trace-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-trace-action-hist.tc
index c126d2350a6d41..d7312047ce2818 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-trace-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-trace-action-hist.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger trace action
-# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist "trace(<synthetic_event>":README
+# requires: set_event synthetic_events events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist "trace(<synthetic_event>":README ping:program
 
 fail() { #msg
     echo $1
